Allied Formation Sign ...any Ideas Please ??

[SHEARING-CROSS]

Good evening fellas ,
can any one out there help identify this formation sign please ???, it came in tin with a few other 14th army /far east signs ,officers pips, The badge is made in the typical far east style , hand constructed panther ?? on to cloth then backed on to K.D material with the usual press studs to the rear ,The badge is quite large , 80mm across .
Iam presuming its british , or possibly Australian , then again theres always the chance it`s U.S ,
any help or comments will be great ,cheers guys ,Michael.

[Adrian Stevenson]

Hi Michael, I cannot recall ever seeing that one before? Certainly not a Div sign. It is vaugely similar to the US 66th Inf Div, but they did not serve in the Far East, so no go there.

Marc Sherrif is your man for formation signs I am sure he will see this thread and help.

Cheers, Ade.

[Marc Sherriff]

Sorry, not this time. Yet!

[yellow]

Possibly South African?

Steve.

[Richard Woods]

111th Indian Infantry Brigade

This badge which can be found facing left or right, and on an oval or diamond ground may be that of 111th Indian Infantry Brigade.The Brigade is alleged to have used a panther’s head as its formation sign prior to joining the Chindits.

[SHEARING-CROSS]

Hello Richard , many thanks with your help on this , the guy i got the badge from did say he got it from an old boy who claimed to be conected with the CHINDITS but i just presumed this may have been a bit of `sales bull ` of the dealer , very best wishes ,Michael

This badge which can be found facing left or right, and on an oval or diamond ground may be that of 111th Indian Infantry Brigade.The Brigade is alleged to have used a panther’s head as its formation sign prior to joining the Chindits.